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Friday, July 15, 2011

This week, the Brookings Institution released a study entitled "Sizing the Clean Economy: A National and Regional Green Jobs Assessment". The study found that Oregon's economy is second greenest in the nation in two separate rankings: the share of total employment in "clean jobs," and the share of clean-economy jobs in the private sector.

An article from The Oregonian summarizes a few highlights from the study.

In Alaska, "clean jobs" account for 4.7 percent of employment, as opposed to 3.4 percent in second-ranked Oregon.

In the private sector, Vermont, with its organic food and farming, has the nation’s highest clean-economy job share, with Oregon coming in second.

Portland ranks 15th nationally among metros with 2.7 percent share of clean-economy jobs in its total employment.

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